¹“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

¹Tuin, nou siampute aw, hiai thupiak noua ding ahi.

²If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

²Ka min pahtawi dinga, na ngaihkhiak kei ua, lungtanga na koih uleh, huchiin na tunguah hamsia ka hongtungsak dinga, na vualjawlnate uh ka hamsiat khum ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, ahi, lungtanga na koih louh jiak un, ka hamsiat khinta hi.

³Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

³Ngai un, nou jiakin na chi tuh ka sal dinga, na mai uah ek ka theh thang dinga, na kithoihna ek ngei uh; huchiin huai toh lak mangin na om ding uh.

⁴You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

⁴Huan, hiai thupiak, Levi toh ka thukhun a om theihna dingin, na kiang uah ka honsawlta chih na thei ding uh, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁵“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.

⁵Hinna leh lungmuanna ka thukhun amah toh a om hi, a kihtak theihna dingin a kiangah a maute ka peta a, kei a honkihta a, ka min a zahtak mahmah hi.

⁶The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

⁶Thudik dan a kam sungah a oma, diktatlouhna a mukha a kimu kei hi; lungmuannaleh tannaah ka thu a juia, gitlouhnaa kipanin tampi a kihei mang sak hi.

⁷For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

⁷Siampu mukten theihna a kem un, a kamah dan thu a zong ding uh ahi hima; amah lah sepaihte TOUPA sawltak ahi ngala.

⁸But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

⁸Himahleh lampi akipana pialsakin na om ua; tampi danah na kisui puk sak uh; Levi thukhun na suseta uhi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁹“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

⁹Huaijiakin, ka lampite na zuih louh dungjuiun, dana mite deihsak tuam na neih jawk jiakun, ken leng mipite tengteng maah zahpihhuai leh daiin ka hon bawlta hi.

¹⁰Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁰I vek un pa khat i neikei ua hia? Pathian khatin honsiam ka hia? bangdia lepchiah taka mi chihin a unau siatna dinga hih i hi ua, i pipute uh thukhun hihninin?

¹¹Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

¹¹Judain lepchiahtak in a hihtaa, Israel ah leh Jerusalem ah kihhuai hihin a om hi, Judain Pathian munsiangthou a it, a hihnintaa, theihlouh pathian tanu a kitenpihta ngala,

¹²Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.

¹²TOUPAN hiai thil hihpa, sinsakpa leh sinsaka ompa, Jakob puanin akipan leh, sepaihte TOUPA laka thillat lanpa a sat khe ding hi.

¹³This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.

¹³Huan, hiai na hih nawn uh; TOUPA maitam khitui, kah leh thumnain na khuh ua, thillat a limsak nawn louha, na khut ua kipana deihsakna toh san leng a san nawn louh tan phain.

¹⁴Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

¹⁴Hinapi in lah, Bangdingin? a chi ua. Na tuailai ji, lepchiahtaka na bawl, na kithuahpihnu hiin, na thukhun ji hinapiin, amah leh nang kikalah TOUPA theihpihpa a hihkhit tak jiakin.

¹⁵Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

¹⁵Pathianin nih tuh sa khatin honbawl kei mo? Khatin na kha honbawlsakin, a hingsak kei mo? Bangachia khat? pathianlimsak chi a zong ahi. Huaijiakin hih kei uhen.

¹⁶For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

¹⁶Koih mang ka ut louh jiakin, TOUPA Israel Pathianin a chi, hiamgamnaa a puansilh khuh amah mipa, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi; huaijiakin, lepchiahtaka hihlou dingin, na kha thu uah pilvang un.Na thu un TOUPA na hihgimta uh, koiah ka honhihgim ua eita? na chi lai ua, Michih gilou hih TOUPA mitmuhin a hoiha, huan huaite ah amah a kipak hi, na chihna uah, ahihkeileh vaihawmna Pathian kaw om ahia? na chihna uah

¹⁷You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’

¹⁷Na thu un TOUPA na hihgimta uh, koiah ka honhihgim ua eita? na chi lai ua, Michih gilou hih TOUPA mitmuhin a hoiha, huan huaite ah amah a kipak hi, na chihna uah, ahihkeileh vaihawmna Pathian kaw om ahia? na chihna uah